Reviews with content warning for Death of parent - People We Meet on Vacation

Una lectura liviana, entretenida y sumamente simpática.
Emily Henry muestra, una vez más, su gran talento para crear personajes multifacéticos, con familias, historias e ideas que exceden a lo romántico pero contribuyen a la construcción de lo amoroso, tierno y casi creíble. Los diálogos resultan inmersivos, afilados y muy divertidos.
Si bien se atisban algunas discusiones interesantes en relación a la construcción identitaria y su vínculo con nuestra historia personal, las mismas resultan un poco vagas y acotadas. Pero, a fin de cuentas, en People we meet on vacation están presentes todos los ingredientes necesarios para aislarse satisfactoriamente de la realidad comiéndose el friends-to-lovers de principio a final.
Recomiendo frente a bloqueos lectores, ánimos medio grises y ganas de entrar a y distraerse con, aunque sea brevemente, el a veces desprestigiado mundo del romance.

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bobinsbooknook's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Picked this up as a light holiday read and my first Emily Henry book.

It is the super cheesy, friends to lovers, grumpy meets sunshine style romance which I expected but as with many Rom-com romances the miscommunication trope towards the end really felt like a big swing and a miss.

It did feel a bit repetitive with recounting each of the past summers though enjoyed seeing Alex’s character develop over that time though did find Poppy pretty irritating.

Though it was a lighthearted Rom-com, I felt that there was just so much cheesy interactions between Poppy and Alex to which had me more often eye rolling that actually buying into the romance.

I have some other Emily Henry books on my TBR, so hoping the plots and characters are more intriguing and the writing style itself wasn’t too bad.

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chluless's review against another edition

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3.5

this took a minute for me to get into but i ended up loving it.

emily henry might be the only contemporary romance author to melt my cold cold heart

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em_hudson03101's review

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adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Not my favorite Emily Henry book. I really enjoyed the talk of travel and the destinations the characters visited, but felt that much of the book was repetitive. The ending was predictable (as the case with most rom-coms), but this book makes for an easy summer read or palate cleanser after a heavy dense read.

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kbifolck's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Fun read. Fairly formulaic but the narrative structure gave it some mystery. I liked Alex's character and was pleasantly surprised by his nuanced fears about a relationship with Poppy.

I got a little teary hearing his speech about his fear of needing her so much and if he lost her, he would turn into his dad (after he lost his wife).

I wasn't expecting that.

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